[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 157 (Wednesday, November 14, 2001)]
[House]
[Page H8138]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    TIME TO ACT ON WORK LEFT UNDONE

  (Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1-minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I speak this morning only on 
one singular topic, the work left undone. So many of us have focused on 
September 11, and the charge of the American people has been to act. I 
thank them for having the opportunity to debate House Concurrent 
Resolution 228 on the floor of the House, to support promoting and 
giving benefits to children who have lost their parents. But I think we 
must now also pass an aviation security bill. It is national security, 
and we must federalize it.
  Something else is left undone, and that is to help my fellow Texans, 
Dayna Curry and Heather Mercer. Since Kabul has fallen, these young 
Christian women are finding themselves traveling throughout 
Afghanistan, being taken by the Taliban who knows where they are.
  This Congress must stand up and fight for them and help them return 
home to their family. Let us give their families the best Thanksgiving 
they have ever had. Let us care about Dayna and Heather, two young 
women who wanted to do nothing more but to help the people of 
Afghanistan. Give them their freedom. That is work undone. Let us work 
to find Heather and Dayna.

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